Homecoming 2021 set to kick off with virtual and on-campus events galore
This year, Rice is combining its traditional homecoming and families weekend programming under the Owl Together banner: a weeklong celebration of Rice past, present and future with an eclectic mix of events held both virtually and in person.
NASA’s Shannon Walker ’87 returns with gifts from space
NASA astronaut and Rice alumnus Shannon Walker ’87 returned to campus Oct. 12 to present more than a dozen Rice-related mementos that flew with her during her latest six-month mission to the International Space Station.
People, papers and presentations for Aug. 2, 2021
Rice Architecture alumnus Cohen Hudson '21 won a Texas Society of Architects/AIA 2021 Studio Award for his master's thesis project USPS+, a proposal for a new post office in San Antonio that leverages mass timber technologies "to expand the United States Postal Service's functions and define a system for the construction of a new type of post office."
Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts health care summit, tours neuroengineering labs
U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (left), R-Texas, hosted his third annual Healthcare Innovation Summit July 23 at Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) in conjunction with the university's Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering.
Astronaut, Rice alumna speaks to RESP students
This year’s cohort of Rice Emerging Scholars Program students heard from astronaut Shannon Walker ’87 Monday at Duncan Hall.
Cuthbertson, Tudor to be honored with ARA's Gold Medal at Laureates Awards ceremony
Rice alumni Robert Tudor III and the late Gilbert “Doc C” Cuthbertson will be recognized for their extraordinary service to the university with the Association of Rice’s Alumni’s (ARA) highest award — the Gold Medal — at the 2020-2021 Laureates Awards Virtual Celebration June 3. The association is also honoring eight others for distinguished accomplishments and meritorious service and recognizing two young alumni awardees.
Rice Shepherd School student, alum winners of Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Rice Shepherd School student Emily Treigle and alum Duke Kim '18 were named grand finals winners of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.
There’s never been a better time to pursue an English degree at Rice
Creative writing program offers unique opportunity to learn from America’s foremost writers and scholars.
With their mortarboards visible from the stadium stands above, many graduates took the opportunity to both decorate and coordinate them with face masks. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)
‘I just wanted fireworks’: Class of 2020 returns for emotional graduation, reunion
Postponed by the pandemic, commencement finally came for these proud Owls.
Minor revolution: Class of 2021 graduates in historic in-person ceremony at Rice stadium
“You chose Rice, I believe, not because it was easy, but because it was hard,” said Rice President David Leebron.
8 selected for Rice Alumni board; president and president-elect announced
Eight alumni have been selected to serve on the Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Travis San Pedro, Alejandro Chaoul, Amy Good, Meg Brigman, David Leal, Robert Lundin, Bobby Dixon and Ian Akash Morrison.
Rice team vying for $1 million Solar Desalination Prize
A Rice team's clever design uses the power of the sun to make fresh water from saltwater, even at night.
Rice’s Walker beams down from space station
Rice alumna Shannon Walker and crewmate Kate Rubins, aboard the International Space Station, joined a conversation with students in Houston, Scotland and Ecuador.